Rigadoon (Ralph Manheim Translation) by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Author:Louis-Ferdinand Céline [Céline, Louis-Ferdinand]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature
ISBN: 9780440073642
Publisher: Dalkey Archive
Published: 1969-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

"Felipe, my good friend! . . . Felipe!"

I tell him about it . . . he'll find my canes! I'm sure he will . . . because we've got to keep on going . . . on the other track . . . the last one they've got at this Hanover-North . . . they tell me a certain train will be passing through . . . we'll see! . . . no lack of passengers! . . . people like us and soldiers . . . Krauts and Hungarians, I think . . . not talking very loud, whispering . . . they're looking around same as us . . . far . . . near . . . the little fires . . . what's left of the houses . . . the colors . . . we all look like Pierrots, all covered with flour in the bright moonlight . . . Felipe brings me my two canes, they weren't far away . . . good! . . . good! . . . but my grandiose melody? . . . just what I need in these ruins . . . this ocean of fire, this fiery surf from end to end of Hanover . . . I can hear the tune in my head . . . pretty sure the tune is right . . . but the notes? . . . the exact notes? hell, mere reminiscences . . . I admit it . . . but what of it? . . . comforting music after the tornado . . .

Believe it or not, but after that night in Hanover I wondered if I had the notes I wanted or . . . were they too high? or too low? . . .

"But the man is gaga, it said so in Paris-Match! dribbling, drooping! he was shitting in his pants!"

I'm letting you interrupt me . . . but the truth remains the truth . . . through myriad adventures, amusing and much less amusing moments, I kept wondering if I had my musical setting . . . oh, I have no great pretentions . . . three four notes . . . pleasure notes, so to speak . . . that'll do! . . .

I finally made up my mind . . . I went upstairs . . . where the young ladies are, the ballet dancers . . . at eleven o'clock at night . . . I was positive, I'd heard it! . . . enough of it anyway . . . three . . . four notes . . . nobody up there at eleven o'clock at night . . . I knew what I wanted . . . symphonies! . . . I thumb through the records . . . a big pile! . . . believe it or not, I find it in half a second . . . the one I need . . . yes! . . . no! .

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